icewm in gnome environment does not work

Binary package hint: icewm-gnome-support

release: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
package: icewm-gnome-support
version: 1.3.6-1

Unable to use icewm as window manager in gnome-desktop environment.

Ideally, modifying the gconf-editor key
/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager=icewm
should be enough to have icewm loaded (instead of metacity).

Proposed solution :

To see this use-case working, many modifications are required :

1) add a desktop file for icewm :
cat > /usr/share/applications/icewm.desktop << EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Icewm
Exec=icewm-gnome
NoDisplay=true
# name of loadable control center module
X-GNOME-WMSettingsModule=
# autostart phase
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager
X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager
# name we put on the WM spec check window
X-GNOME-WMName=icewm
# back compat only
X-GnomeWMSettingsLibrary=icewm
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=icewm
EOF

2) modify the /usr/bin/icewm-gnome script to enable gnome session management :
cat > /usr/bin/icewm-gnome << EOF
#!/bin/sh
which icewm-experimental >/dev/null && exec icewm-experimental --client-id=$DES$
which icewm >/dev/null && exec icewm --client-id=$DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID
which icewm-lite >/dev/null && exec icewm-lite --client-id=$DESKTOP_AUTOSTART_ID
EOF

By modifying these files, everything is working well.

Thank you for your really good job guys !

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: icewm-gnome-support 1.3.6-1 [modified: usr/bin/icewm-gnome]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 29 14:21:24 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate i386 (20100419.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: icewm